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First Salish Sea Science Prize awarded


Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research has been awarded the first Salish Sea Science Prize.

This is the first and only award of its kind, and comes with a $2,000 cash award given to recognize work that has resulted in the improved conservation of marine wildlife and the Salish Sea marine ecosystem.

The Salish Sea Science Prize will be bestowed biennially by the SeaDoc Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the Salish Sea ecosystem. The award is given in recognition of, and to honor the spirit of the late Stephanie Wagner, who loved the region and its wildlife.

Read Joe Gaydos's award speech delivered at the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Ecosystem Conference on February 8, 2009

Article in the Kitsap Sun

Article in the Island Guardian

Article in Seattle Times

The story was also picked up by the Associated Press and published in news outlets across Washington.




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